Description

For the Fields of Color exhibition at Chautauqua Institution’s Strohl Art Center, I developed a new body of sculptural vessels that marks a pivotal evolution in my creative practice. The Möbius Vessel Series pays homage to the visionary Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, whose minimalist forms and integration of materials have long inspired me. He challenges us to “not try to make materials speak our language; we must go with them to the point where others will understand their language.” Like Brâncuși, I strive to create harmony between mediums, merging them into singular, contemplative forms.

Each vessel in the series explores the elemental elegance of the ovoid. The dialogue between engraved openings, silvered exteriors, and precision-turned bases is central to the work and invites meditation on balance, texture, and tension. The forms are intentionally reductive, emphasizing purity of shape and the interplay of transparency and opacity, coolness and warmth.

In 2025, after more than 25 years refining my practice in glassblowing, I turned to woodturning as a new opportunity for craft and communication. The physicality and rhythm of the lathe resonated immediately. While glass and wood processes differ in temperature and tactility, both demand intuition, precision, and respect for material. This series became a space for those dualities—organic and engineered, transparency and opacity, fragility and strength—to converge.

The Möbius concept refers not only to the abstract geometry of continuous surfaces, but also to the continuum of craft traditions. The Möbius Vessel Series lives at the intersection of disciplines and reflects my ongoing inquiry into form, material, and the human impulse to transform.